Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:45:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:44:55 -0500 Received: from tartarus.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.132.34]:58779 "EHLO tartarus.telenet-ops.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:44:49 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:43:23 +0100 From: Sven Vermeulen To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Release Policy [was: Linux 2.4.16 ] Message-ID: <20011127154323.B513@Zenith.starcenter> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To:

<9tu0n2$sav$1@cesium.transmeta.com> <20011126192902.M5770@khan.acc.umu.se> <3C028A8D.8040503@zytor.com> <20011126161802.A8398@xi.linuxpower.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011126161802.A8398@xi.linuxpower.cx>; from greg@linuxpower.cx on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 04:18:02PM -0500 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.16 X-Telephone: +32 486 460306 X-Requested: Beautiful, smart and Linux-lovin' girlfriend Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 04:18:02PM -0500, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > Why not just disguard this sillyness of alphabetic characters in version > numbers... Just carry through the same structure used by major/minor: > I.e. > > 2.0.39 < released 2.0.39 > 2.0.39.1.1 < first development snapshot of the kernel which will eventually > be 2.0.40 > 2.0.39.1.2 < second > 2.0.39.1.n < Nth > 2.0.39.2.1 < first RC > 2.0.39.2.2 < second RC > 2.0.39.3.1 < opps! Development went too long and we had to break feature > freeze to add important features. > 2.0.39.4.1 < Trying to stablize again > 2.0.39.4.2 < a few more bugs fixxed > 2.0.40 < Looks like 2.0.39.4.2 got it right! Some people may find this more "logical", but imho most will find it confusing... It's already difficult to inform someone about the (number).(even|odd).(release)-(patch|pre-final) scheme. I'm more into -pre: added some features, bugfixes etc... -fc : feature-freeze, only bugfixes and having some time (f.i. 48h) between the last -fc and the "real" release (without having a single addendum to the ChangeLog). Just my 2 cents, Sven Vermeulen -- Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had. ~(Linus Torvalds) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/